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Matt Simon
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Matt Simon was a senior staff writer covering biology, robotics, and the environment. He’s the author, most recently, of
A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
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Fantastically Wrong: The Strange Real-Life Origins of the Fiendish Werewolf
Jul 23, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Aquatic Menace That Gives the Worst Hickeys Ever
Jul 18, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Strange History of Using Organ-Shaped Plants to Treat Disease
Jul 16, 2014 6:30 AM
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Meet the Feisty Pistol Shrimp That Kills With Bullets Made of Bubbles
Jul 11, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: Why the Egyptians Worshiped Beetles That Eat Poop for a Living
Jul 9, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Tiny Blood-Slurping Bird That Terrorizes the Galapagos
Jul 4, 2014 6:30 AM
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Adorable Vampire Squirrel Has the World's Most Absurdly Fluffy Tail
Jul 3, 2014 12:30 PM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Legendary Scientist Who Swore Our Planet Is Hollow
Jul 2, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: World's Most Beautiful Sponge Dismantles Its Victims Cell by Cell
Jun 27, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: American Greed and the Harebrained Theory of 'Rain Follows the Plow'
Jun 25, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Ferocious Bug That Sucks Prey Dry and Wears Their Corpses
Jun 20, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Murderous Plant That Grows From the Blood of Hanged Men
Jun 18, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The 120-Foot-Long Jellyfish That's
Loving
Global Warming
Jun 13, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Surprising Truth Behind the Horrifying Banshee
Jun 11, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: This Fish Can Support 300 Times Its Weight With a Super Suction Cup
Jun 6, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: Why People Once Thought Mice Grew Out of Wheat and Sweaty Shirts
Jun 4, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Crickets Into Suicidal Maniacs
May 30, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: The Poor, Misunderstood Hyena Can't Help That It Has Weird Sex
May 28, 2014 6:30 AM
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The 2,500-Pound Snake That Devoured Gigantic Crocodiles
May 23, 2014 6:30 AM
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Fantastically Wrong: One Astronomer's Quest to Expose the Alien-Built Canals of Mars
May 21, 2014 6:30 AM
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